I don’t know if any of you current posters were around for that, but if so, I just can’t understand how you can call yourselves Yankee fans. Pathetic quitters is what you sounded like. Of the lame posts I could stand to read, the only person who had any confidence in the Yankees at that point was a (yeesh) Red Sox fan.Jeter is King

Quite the attitude you have SG.
Maybe you should shitcan this blog and join Steve at WasWatching?
Or follow some other stupid team that has made the PS 15 of the last 17 years.
Jeez… and some people think Yankee fans are entitled.OldYanksFan

Since you almost certainly can’t sign him for one year, here’s a look at how he’d project over the next five years.

Year

Age

G

GS

W

L

IP

H

R

ER

HR

BB

HBP

SO

RA

ERA

FIP

RAR

WAR

2012

29

31

31

11

11

198

222

99

92

21

66

4

146

4.52

4.18

3.97

34

3.4

2013

30

31

31

11

11

198

228

104

96

22

68

4

140

4.70

4.35

4.14

30

3.0

2014

31

30

30

10

10

188

219

104

96

23

65

4

124

4.96

4.59

4.37

23

2.3

2015

32

28

28

10

10

179

213

102

95

23

62

4

114

5.14

4.76

4.52

19

1.9

2016

33

27

27

9

9

170

207

102

94

24

60

3

102

5.39

4.99

4.74

13

1.3

Five years adds up to about 12.0 WAR. So something like 5 years/$60M is fair. If they could keep it to four years and $50M they have a good chance of getting some surplus value out of him and he’d probably still be close to league average by the end of the fourth year.

I don’t know that Jackson’s the type of pitcher you want to commit long-term too. However, given the fact that he’s played for six different teams, he seems like the type of pitcher teams like to get their hands on. I’d guess that’s because he’s got a 95 mph fastball and is still relatively young. So he’s probably someone you can trade down the road provided he doesn’t go A.J. on you.

Then again, the fact that he’s been moved around so much might be an indicator that teams got tired of waiting for him to take a step forward.

I think I’d be fine with Jackson on a 4 year, $50M deal. It wouldn’t excite me, but it wouldn’t be as monumentally stupid as signing a middle reliever for $36M. Speaking hypothetically of course. No team’s that stupid, are they?